Цариград
Bulgarian
Etymology
Compounded from цар (car, “emperor”) + град (grad, “city”), thus imperial city.
Proper noun
Цариград • (Carigrad) m
See also
- Истанбул (Istanbul)
- Константинопол (Konstantinopol)
- Велико Търново (Veliko Tǎrnovo)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From ца̏р (“emperor”) + гра̑д (“city”), probably calqued after Ancient Greek expression Βασιλέως Πόλις (Basiléōs Pólis, “the city of the emperor”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ца̀ригра̄д m (Latin spelling Càrigrād)
- (uncountable, dated, language of literature) Istanbul
Declension
Declension of Цариград
singular | |
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nominative | Цариград |
genitive | Цариграда |
dative | Цариграду |
accusative | Цариград |
vocative | Цариграде |
locative | Цариграду |
instrumental | Цариградом |
Synonyms
- (modern): Ѝстанбул
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Carigrad.
Categories:
- Bulgarian lemmas
- Bulgarian proper nouns
- Bulgarian masculine nouns
- Bulgarian dated terms
- Bulgarian terms with archaic senses
- bg:Cities
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- Serbo-Croatian uncountable nouns
- Serbo-Croatian dated terms
- sh:Cities